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University of Cape Town: Human Resource (HR) Management

Gain a competitive advantage by attracting, engaging, and retaining top talent.

Gain a competitive advantage by attracting, engaging, and retaining top talent.

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This course is offered by , an edX partner
10 weeks
7–10 hours per week
Starts Apr 15, 2024
Enroll by Apr 21, 2024
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule
10 weeks
7–10 hours per week
Starts Apr 15, 2024
Enroll by Apr 21, 2024
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule

About this Course

Employees are the lifeblood of an organization. Consequently, how staff members are selected, managed, motivated, and trained can have a significant impact on a business’s bottom line. As the professionals tasked with overseeing a company’s workforce, human resource managers are widely recognizsed as a vital cog in the broader business machine.

The University of Cape Town (UCT) Human Resource (HR) Management online short course is designed to develop your ability to efficiently manage people. Taking a highly practical approach, the course equips you with the latest HR management knowledge, focusing on employment legislation, recruitment, performance management, and employee well-being. It aims to teach you practical skills that you can apply immediately to improve your practice.

Guided by a dedicated head tutor and support team, you’ll learn how to use strategic HR management to help your organization move closer to its goals.

This course is suitable for professionals who want to learn how to practically implement effective HR management strategies and plans in any industry or organization. The content is especially suited to current and aspiring HR administrators, talent managers, training and development professionals, and team leaders. In addition, it’s likely to be beneficial for small business owners and entrepreneurs looking to improve their ability to recruit and manage personnel.

Course curriculum

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Develop your knowledge of HR practices and legislation as you work through the weekly modules of this online short course.

Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus

Module 1: A career in HR

Module 2: HR and statutory requirements

Module 3: HR systems, policies and procedures

Module 4: Recruitment, selection, assessment, and onboarding

Module 5: Performance management

Module 6: HR as a custodian of change

Module 7: Employee well-being and organisational health and safety

Module 8: Facilitating training and development

Module 9: Rewards, incentives and retaining employees

Module 10: Strategic human resource management

About the certificate

Hone your skills in human resource management and earn an official certificate of completion from the University of Cape Town.

Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with a digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course.

Your certificate will be issued in your legal name and sent to you digitally upon successful completion of the program, as per the stipulated requirements.

Some facts about the subject

7%

The rate at which the employment of human resource managers is projected to grow from 2018 to 2028.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics (Sep, 2019).


54%

The percentage of all existing employees who will require significant retraining and upskilling by 2022.

World Economic Forum (2018).


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